Total 281 Others health beauty fitness job vacancies in Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 0AA

As a Health Scientist, you will:

• Conduct scientific studies, surveys and/or investigations.
• Identify and analyze public health issues and their impact on operations that are critical to the public health community at large.
• Review and analyze studies and projects assessing major and/or sensitive public health issues to make recommendations for processes, procedures and /or policies related to public health programs, practices, and research.
• Prepare scientific and other articles and technical reports for publication.
• Make presentations at international and national meetings.

The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 50 applications. The first 50 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (50 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• Salary range listed is the locality pay scale US-wide. Actual salary will be based on location of the selectee and may be higher.
• Veteran's preference does not apply to current Federal employees.

• Works closely with the Principal Proponent and the Planning Committee to develop a successful Study Protocol for clinical trial proposals assigned to the Center.
• Provides guidance and direction in study design, statistical methodology for sample size estimation and data analysis, protocol requirements, data collection and management, inputs to the study budget, and adherence to International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) guidelines and policies.
• Works with other staff, management, and, if applicable, pharmaceutical sponsors and other government agency sponsors representative on an approved CSP multi-center clinical trial.
• Coordinates and/or oversees development and implementation of (a) protocol revisions, updates and modification, (b) study operations manual, and (c) study monitoring processes including participant enrollment and follow up, study close-out, interim and final reports/ analysis of study data.
• Analyzes collected data in order to elucidate significant factors, relationships, and trends;prepare cross tabulations or frequency listings of selected variables to assess the validity of data.
• Performs other duties assigned.

As a Health Scientist you will:

• Conduct scientific studies, surveys and/or investigations.
• Identify and analyze public health issues and their impact on operations that are critical to the public health community at large.
• Review and analyze studies and projects assessing major and/or sensitive public health issues to make recommendations for processes, procedures and /or policies related to public health programs, practices, and research.
• Prepare scientific and other articles and technical reports for publication.
• Make presentations at international and national meetings.

As a Public Health Advisor you will:

• Lead the development of nationwide program operations and initiatives for assigned operating public health programs.
• Formulate national program and project goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic program plans, guidelines, standards, and priorities.
• Develop and implement strategies and plans for meeting national program objectives.
• Identify and evaluate information, data requirements, and resources to establish priorities and to maintain capacity to respond to internal and external demands.
• Serve as senior level evaluator and conduct complex evaluation studies on operating public health programs.
• Perform analysis and prepare intricate, substantive study reports to cover, at a minimum, study approach and methodologies, findings, and recommendations.
• Perform analysis of collected data and findings and interpret complex legislative, regulatory, and/or policy guidance for use in managing nationwide public health programs.

As a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, at the full performance level you will perform the following duties:

• Supervise a workforce of safety professionals.
• Providing technical guidance to all levels of management and field offices on complex safety and health issues.
• Designing and developing national policy supporting ICE's Safety Program.
• Developing standards where occupational safety and health standards do not exist or do not adequately cover hazardous conditions and operations.
• Collaborating with the major programs of ICE to promote occupational safety and health, engage management in incorporating safety in all aspects of operations(list in bullet format; no more than 5 bullets)

Health, Safety & Environmental Manager
West Cumbria / Lake District (CA28)

Commutable from - Carlisle, Keswick, Workington, Maryport, Whitehaven, Millom, Penrith
£45,000-£50,000

Benefits:-

• 9% Private Pension, X4 Life Assurance
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Our client is a leading packaging manufacturer, part of a multi-billion-pound global group, with a reputation for product quality, which is second to none and industry leading standards. They are looking for a Health, Safety & Environmental Manager to develop their site HSE strategy.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Maintain and build on all health, safety and environmental standards, processes & procedures
• Coach supervisors and managers on best practice across HSE
• Management of the EHS and ISO14001 environmental strategy
• Make sure the site remains legally compliant in all aspects of HSE - ISO14001 & ISO4500 Standard
• Investigate accidents and ensure corrective actions are implemented
• Manage site procedures & standards for risk assessments, SSOW, control & monitoring hazards, substances, work equipment, PPE, manual handling
• Health & safety inductions with contractors and new members of staff
• Determine actions p

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Must have experience in a similar HSE Manager position
• Beneficial to have worked in some form of manufacturing industry
• Must have NEBOSH General Certificate & IOSH
• ISO14001 auditing experience would be beneficial
• Knowledge of keeping up-to-date with HSE standards and make sure a site is compliant
• Be flexible outside of working hours to discuss any questions or issues employees might have
• Experience of working with Environmental Management Systems
• Comfortable & confident coaching and influencing staff and managers on the importance of H&S
• Proactive and progressive individual
• Beneficial to have NEBOSH Diploma and IEMA Certificate in Environmental

"To apply please email your CV / resume to [ chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk ]". - Chris Gumm - 01908 010 438

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Manages, supervises and/or supports major VISN-wide clinical and Administrative initiatives and projects.
• Ensures the integration of all initiatives in terms of phasing, implementing and monitoring of programs.
• Compiles final reports including comprehensive analyses, noting discrepancies, making corrections and initiating remedial actions; monitors action items and ensures appropriate progress and ongoing risk management.
• Develops background and management options available to deal with complex VISN planning and implementation issues.
• Provides consultation, monitoring and analysis of changes in mission, goals, new legislations, provides consultation, monitoring analysis of change in mission, goals, new legislation and technological advances to asses the impact on processes and procedures related to administrative and clinical priorities.
• Provides technical expertise in the fields of Business planning, of healthcare planning, clinical improvement, strategic planning, system redesign and patient centered care.
• Provides technical expertise in the fields of Business planning, of healthcare planning, clinical improvement, strategic planning, system redesign and patient centered care.
• Knowledge and ability to navigate, synthesize and analyze significant amount s of data as well as their potential effect on processes, workflows, and various reporting (i.e. SAIL, access, productivity, etc.).
• Responsible for data and reporting management as it relates to access, productivity, utilization, and supply and demand management. In conjunction with other SMEs, assists to oversee processes and workflows that affect supply, demand, productivity, access, utilization, and other items as they relate to access.
• Coordination design and investigation to enhance improvement, readiness, resilience, and sprints. Reviews and provides guidance to identify strategies to reduce backlog. Oversees and monitors consult management issues and provide guidance to VISN GPMs.
• Ensures and expected to support medical facilities of levels 1, 2, and 3 complexities with the Electronic Health Record Management (EHRM) system by addressing the increasing number of operational needs to adapt to the higher level of resource responsibilities and challenges across different sites, as the Oracle Health system requires a broader and deeper skill set of understanding which requires flexibility and informatics integration.
• Responsible to have systemic knowledge and understanding of the often-interconnected processes and variable that affect access, productivity, efficiency and other VHA priorities, which encompass process improvement, supply and demand management, and data/reporting management and validation
• Evaluate and plan work in short and long-range planning efforts; obtain and consolidate information from programmatic units. Compiling information to be presented to the CMO and DCMO, Board of Directors, and Steering Committee for use in the planning, development, and operation of GPM programs.
• Demonstrates skill in applying analytical methods and techniques used to evaluate criteria for measuring program performance and effectiveness.
• Organizing, coordinating, implementing directing, integrating, controlling and evaluation programs and projects for forecast of opportunities to improve the healthcare delivery system.

**This position is being announced concurrently under Excepted Service Examining Plan/Merit Promotion Plan (ESEP/MPP) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-25-PX-12596448-ESEP/MP; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.**

• Primary duties are providing oversight and subject matter expertise for healthcare information systems, which can include consultation with facilities throughout the area on supported systems. The oversight includes implementation, maintenance, training and technical support of supported healthcare information systems used in the hospital, ambulatory care and public health settings.
• Support functions and coordinate activities to support other supported systems that integrate with the electronic medical record system to include the master patient index, health information exchange, and personal health record.
• Lead clinical decision support coordination; configuration, implementation, change management and support adherence to all applicable policies, procedures, and standards.
• Deliver and oversee technical support for internal and external customers, providers, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Monitors and supports efforts of informatics workflows and processes.
• Plan, develop or acquire, implement, maintain, and evaluate health information systems that are integrated with existing information technology systems across the continuum of care, including clinical, consumer, and public health domains, while addressing security, privacy, and safety considerations.
• Build support and create alignment for informatics best practices; lead health informatics initiatives and innovation through collaboration and stakeholder engagement across organizations and systems.

**This position is being announced concurrently under Delegated Examining Plan (DE) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-25-PX-12596444-DE; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.**

• Primary duties are providing oversight and subject matter expertise for healthcare information systems, which can include consultation with facilities throughout the area on supported systems. The oversight includes implementation, maintenance, training and technical support of supported healthcare information systems used in the hospital, ambulatory care and public health settings.
• Support functions and coordinate activities to support other supported systems that integrate with the electronic medical record system to include the master patient index, health information exchange, and personal health record.
• Lead clinical decision support coordination; configuration, implementation, change management and support adherence to all applicable policies, procedures, and standards.
• Deliver and oversee technical support for internal and external customers, providers, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Monitors and supports efforts of informatics workflows and processes.
• Plan, develop or acquire, implement, maintain, and evaluate health information systems that are integrated with existing information technology systems across the continuum of care, including clinical, consumer, and public health domains, while addressing security,privacy, and safety considerations.
• Build support and create alignment for informatics best practices; lead health informatics initiatives and innovation through collaboration and stakeholder engagement across organizations and systems.

Major duties of the Supervisory Health System Specialist (Corporate Compliance Officer) include:

• Responsible for the initiation and completion of administrative investigations and fact-findings as approved by the Health Care System Director.
• Directing, developing, implementing, and overseeing a multi-disciplinary, health-care-system-wide Compliance Section within the scope of the VHA mandated Privacy Program, Records Information Management Program, Conflict of Interest, and Compliance & Business Integrity (CBI) Program (which includes auditing, monitoring and creation of corrective action plan activities in the areas of coding, documentation, purchased care, exclusionary lists, conflict of interest, accuracy of patient registration, etc.), Controlled Substance Program, VHA policy related to Administrative Investigative Boards, VHA policy related to Access, and VISN equivalent of each of these programs.
• Establish goals and work plans for the Compliance Section and ensures the implementation of the goals and objectives of the section.
• Determine issues, areas, and/or subject matter that create risk for the organization and makes recommendations to executive leadership as to how to avoid or minimize the identified risks.
• Creates written policies and procedures that promote commitment to corporate compliance and address specific areas of risk associated with the Health Care System business, practices, operations, privacy, Records Information Management, investigations, and audits of scheduling and consult practices.
• Creates and maintains local policies governing each of the disciplines within Compliances.
• Creates a formal, written training and education plan for all disciplines with the Compliance Section.
• Monitor the implementation of process improvement projects that are the result of findings made by the Compliance Section.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
Psychologist: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Psychology-Career-Flyer.pdf

This position is a staff psychologist position, serving as a member of a fully virtual Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team. The virtual BHIP team functions as a regular and fully-functioning BHIP team, though team members are virtual.

Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

• Diagnose mental disorders.
• Conduct psychological or neuropsychological assessments.
• Treat mental disorders through individual, family, and group psychotherapy, utilizing Evidence Based Treatments.
• Perform formal and informal assessments for a wide variety of patient conditions and diagnoses, including mental illness, substance abuse and general emotional and cognitive functioning.
• Ensure the assessment and care provided accommodate to the cognitive, emotional, chronological maturation, and diversity needs of the person served.
• Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions with a strong emphasis on evidence-based models of care in the outpatient mental health setting.
• Conduct assessments appropriate to individual patients with attention to the implications of test results for a veteran's every-day, real-world function, and successful treatment/management of health problems with an emphasis on behavioral health factors associated with improved quality of life.
• Provide psychoeducation to patients and family members to support healthcare adherence and relapse prevention.
• Work with assigned Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team to support optimum clinical care.
• Consult and coordinate care with community providers following HIPPA practices to support psychosocial recovery of the person served.
• Provide clinical supervision to health professions trainees and unlicensed psychologists.
• Support activities of the Psychology Training Program and participate in relevant educational seminars.
• Participate in improvement of clinical supervision skills with emphasis on Evidence Based Practice models.
• Provide training and guidance to other mental health staff, as directed, and based on areas of expertise.
• Participate in program development tasks, as assigned.
• Participate in planning of measurement, gathering and analysis of outcome data to guide program evaluation and development.
• Assume responsibility for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation.
• Maintain ongoing scholarly and self-education activities.
• Participate in psychology peer review.
• May serve as faculty at local or other system-wide education and training conferences.
• May serve as primary investigator on research projects.
• Work with local APA-accredited psychology programs to facilitate dissertation research in the areas of psychosocial recovery and improved quality of life for individuals who have mental health challenges.
• Serve on committees or work groups, as assigned.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
Psychologist: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Psychology-Career-Flyer.pdf

This position is a staff psychologist position, serving as a member of a fully virtual Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team. The virtual BHIP team functions as a regular and fully-functioning BHIP team, though team members are virtual.

Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

• Diagnose mental disorders.
• Conduct psychological or neuropsychological assessments.
• Treat mental disorders through individual, family, and group psychotherapy, utilizing Evidence Based Treatments.
• Perform formal and informal assessments for a wide variety of patient conditions and diagnoses, including mental illness, substance abuse and general emotional and cognitive functioning.
• Ensure the assessment and care provided accommodate to the cognitive, emotional, chronological maturation, and diversity needs of the person served.
• Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions with a strong emphasis on evidence-based models of care in the outpatient mental health setting.
• Conduct assessments appropriate to individual patients with attention to the implications of test results for a veteran's every-day, real-world function, and successful treatment/management of health problems with an emphasis on behavioral health factors associated with improved quality of life.
• Provide psychoeducation to patients and family members to support healthcare adherence and relapse prevention.
• Work with assigned Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team to support optimum clinical care.
• Consult and coordinate care with community providers following HIPPA practices to support psychosocial recovery of the person served.
• Provide clinical supervision to health professions trainees and unlicensed psychologists.
• Support activities of the Psychology Training Program and participate in relevant educational seminars.
• Participate in improvement of clinical supervision skills with emphasis on Evidence Based Practice models.
• Provide training and guidance to other mental health staff, as directed, and based on areas of expertise.
• Participate in program development tasks, as assigned.
• Participate in planning of measurement, gathering and analysis of outcome data to guide program evaluation and development.
• Implement program design and assists in clinical management of program staff, as assigned.
• Assume responsibility for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation.
• Maintain ongoing scholarly and self-education activities.
• Participate in psychology peer review.
• May serve as faculty at local or other system-wide education and training conferences.
• May serve as primary investigator on research projects.
• Serve on committees or work groups, as assigned.

This position is located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Systems Bureau. This position is 100% virtual and the US location is negotiable after selection. Work sites outside of the U.S. are prohibited. Your salary will be based upon the locality pay of your work site after selection.

For salary information based on locations, please visit this link to the OPM 2024 Salary Tables

As a Supervisory Business and Industry Analyst you will serve as an Acquisition Program Manager, responsible for leading the development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of contractual, financial, and technical aspects of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Modernization Initiative.

Your major duties and responsibilities include:

• Providing expert advice, guidance and oversight of a complex acquisition portfolio containing high-visibility healthcare and information technology programs undergoing major modernization initiatives.
• Leading acquisition portfolio strategic management for HSB procurements, including maintaining accurate metrics, monitoring cost/schedule/performance risks, aligning and implementing organization strategies, continuously reviewing, and assessing program and milestone status, and ensuring performance management and contractor oversight processes are robust and relevant.
• Serving as an acquisition life cycle subject matter expert, providing authoritative contracting guidance, insight, and direction to all levels of administrative and technical management in areas that require extensive interpretation of acquisition policies and data.
• Proactively recognizing and alerting management (using sound judgement) upon awareness of issues requiring attention in either the administration or implementation of acquisition activities and offering recommendations and solutions that are in compliance with program policies.
• Providing technical and administrative supervision to a growing team managing the complex healthcare, professional services, and IT acquisition portfolio for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

-Serves as Chief of Health Information Management (CHIM) with full program responsibility for all facets of the Health Information Management (HIM) program and processes. Must ensure HIM program meets and/or exceed national HIM policies, procedures, and performance metrics. Responsible for the administrative management of health records, which includes planning, managing, advising, and directing the health information program in accordance with applicable Federal laws, facility by-laws, VHA policy, The Joint Commission (TJC) standards, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and other regulatory and accrediting agency standards.

-Responsible for all facets of health records management for the facility ensuring maintenance of complete, accurate, timely, clinically-pertinent, and readily-accessible patient health records, which contain sufficient recorded information to serve as a basis to plan patient care, support diagnoses, warrant treatment, measure outcomes, support education and facilitate performance improvement processes and legal requirements. Develops policies, processes, and procedures that address all VA, Federal, regulatory, and accrediting requirements for HIM.

-Provides detailed technical expertise in health records science and other very technical aspects of HIM. Maintains all health information input into the local VistA database and assures timely transmission of that data into all VA centralized databases - most frequently those maintained at the Austin Data Processing Center. Must assure that all health information that is coded and abstracted meets the requirements of the VA and/or TJC and is consistent with professional health records standards.

-Clinical support role: Serves as a key advisor to the Chief of Staff, Executive Management, and clinicians and is responsible for providing technical guidance on health information issues such as documentation requirements, liability issues, advance directives, informed consent, release of information, transcription/speech recognition, health information exchange, etc.

-Completes internal quality assurance reviews to ensure employee performance and that work meets quality and quantity standards. Establishes monitors to ensure the timeliness of health record entries and reports findings with subsequent trending of data.

-Serves as a key member of the Quality Improvement (QI) team, works closely with QI personnel, and is responsible for assuring that the facility is compliant with all TJC standards regarding health information.

-Assures that all patients have a complete, accurate, and timely record of their health care at the facility. Must assure that such information is appropriately stored and readily available for the provision of medical services to the patients.

-Responsible for leading the automation of all health information systems. Working closely with Information Technology (IT) and Clinical Informatics, the incumbent must guide the automation of health record documentation, health record tracking, and physician incomplete record tracking.

-Conducts training programs in various areas health information management, such as medical terminology, health record documentation, release of information, medico-legal matters, speech recognition/transcription, scanning, medical coding, clinical documentation improvement, and health information exchange. Responsible for establishing formal affiliation with university programs in health information and precepting students from such programs.

-Provides direct support to Regional Counsel. As necessary, incumbent will provide consultation services to members of the Counsel's staff in areas dealing with health information. Actively participates at national and VISN levels as a resource person on health information matters. Participates in facility or VISN research activities related to health information and electronic health record (EHR) issues. Provides full support to accomplish VHA Central Office HIM Program Office strategic goals and objectives.

-CHIM at this level has the full complement of HIM supervisory responsibility including coding, record completion, file room, scanning, release of information, and transcription and which consists of a mixture of HT38 (675 and 669) and T5 positions. May also oversee the facility Records Manager. Incumbent is responsible for directing the operations of all personnel working within the HIM program and is regularly involved in labor relations and budget management. Participates in the recruitment, interview, selection, and orientation process of all HIM positions.

Work Schedule: M-F; 08:00AM-4:30 PM MST
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 55604-0
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized